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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2017-12-19 human Elizabeth Daniels; Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005968b.htm person Humphrey George Frederick AACR2 28 June 1920 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Oceanographer George Frederick Humphrey is an Australian Oceanographer. He was the head of two divisions of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Fisheries and Oceanography (1956 - 1971) and the Marine Biochemistry Unit (1971-1977). He also served as the Chair of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) between 1973 and 1977. The IOC is a subset of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and according to its web page the IOC 'aims to improve the governance, management, institutional capacity, and decision-making process of its Member States with respect to marine resources and climate variability and to foster sustainable development of the marine environment, in particular in developing countries'. George was also involved in collaboration with the Royal Australian Navy undertaking sounding in the waters around Australia during the cold war between 1957 and 1963 with two river-class frigates, the HMAS Damantina and the HMAS Gascoyne. Both ships were used as survey and research ships after the Second World War. 1941 Career position - Scientist, Division of Fisheries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 1942 1956 Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney c. 1947 c. 1947 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney 1949 1949 Career position - Honorary Abstractor (Biochemistry), Australian Science Abstracts, Australian National Research Council 1951 1951 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge 1954 1955 Award - Nuffield Travelling Fellowship, Universities of Glasgow and London 1956 1971 Career position - Chief, Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 1971 1977 Career position - Chief, Division of Marine Biochemistry Unit, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 1973 1977 Career position - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1956 - 1981)

Head of division between 1956 and 1971

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Honorary Abstractor (Biochemistry), Australian Science Abstracts, 1949 -

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